Breastfeeding Morning And Evening Only
It is possible to continue breastfeeding only in the morning and evening.
Breastfeeding morning and evening only. A six month old who is eating solids and going long stretches between nursing sessions is more likely to adapt to a part time nursing arrangement than a six week old who is used to nursing many times a day and whose diet consists totally of breast milk. You can always keep one or more feedings per day and eliminate the rest. And that s just introducing formula not having it be a majority of the feeds. Breastfeeding is not an all or nothing proposition.
You re smart to think about it in advance since the transition will go more smoothly for you and your baby with a little planning. Human breast milk is more than a meal it s also a clock providing time of day information to infants. You can offer your baby breastfeeds in the morning and evening and provide expressed breastmilk in a bottle for when you are not around. The older your baby is when you return to work the easier it is to manage without pumping during the day.
Updated on march 05 2009 c g. I found my supply went down a whole lot since i stopped pumping even to the point where i feel he s not getting enough so sometimes i ll make a full bottle before he goes to bed so he s full. If your baby is a few months old and breastfeeding well they will often manage happily on a mixed plan of breastfeeds and bottles. In fact many moms who spend their days away from baby in an office only breastfeed in the mornings and evenings.
Breastfeeding only morning and night. Here s great news for working moms. The composition of breast milk changes across the day giving energizing morning milk a different cocktail of ingredients than soothing evening milk. Researchers believe this chrononutrition may help program infants emerging circadian biology the internal timekeeper that allows.
Asks from leesburg va on march 04 2009 18 answers. It was a true struggle in the beginning but somehow some way we ve made it this far. Many moms will continue to nurse only at night and or first thing in the morning for many months after baby has weaned from all other nursings. After six months morning evening only is viable from what i know.
Now i only bf when i get home in the evening during the night and first thing in the morning before i go to work. Breastfeeding is not an all or nothing process. But lots of people who are breastfeeding in only the morning and evening are able to conceive so i wouldn t worry about it too much right now. The nhs recommends breastfeeding your baby exclusively feeding them breast milk only for the first six months but it s completely up to you to decide when you want to bring it to an end and.
If you wish to begin feeding your baby formula in addition to breastmilk in the early months your chances of success are greatly.